vesper

Moore was known on campus as a powerful speaker, tasked as first captain with addressing the student body during weekday vespers in the cavernous chapel with its stained-glass windows depicting historical military scenes.

In the afternoon, he presides at a vespers service in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Quebec City.

Presiding would have required standing, kneeling and holding aloft a monstrance, a heavy gold vessel used to hold the communion host during vespers.

It was my vespers, my evening prayer, my way of honoring creation and the sacred.

The spring birder may see trumpeter swans, secretive vesper sparrows, indigo buntings and blue-winged warblers.